Word: auguste
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mountain 28 miles northwest of Madrid last week assembled the flower of Franco Spain-Cabinet ministers, generals, admirals, all of the nation's four cardinals, 37 of its bishops, six mitered abbots, and the Papal Nuncio. Occasion for this august gathering: the dedication of the Valley of the Fallen, the striking $12 million monument to Spain's Civil War dead that workmen have been hewing out of solid rock since 1941 (TIME color, Jan. 26). By no coincidence, it was also the anniversary of the day in 1939 when the last pockets of Republican resistance collapsed in Madrid...
Young & Eager. For Horace Stoneham's Giants are young, eager and bursting with base hits. Last year they scored more runs (727) than any other team in the National League, led the league for brief periods until early August, when the inadequate pitching staff finally folded completely. Explains Manager Bill Rigney: "We had to borrow tomorrow's pitching today, and it finally caught up with us." The Giants finished third, behind Milwaukee and Pittsburgh...
What made Meany sore was National City's August letter, which criticized what it termed the "abuses of organized labor's power," went on to defend right-to-work laws, and quoted more than a dozen economists to back its case. Hopping mad, union leaders first wanted to withdraw their funds from National City, then decided to let George do it-on banker's hours. Said Meany, before tweaking the bank for everything from monopoly to Communism: "A most unscholarly collection of myths and half-truths about the American labor movement...
Taking command (in August) of Army forces in Alaska: lean, grey-haired Major General John H. Michaelis, 46, onetime (1947-48) aide-de-camp to Chief of Staff Dwight Eisenhower, combat-proved commander (1950-51) of the famed 27th Infantry ("Wolfhound") Regiment, which held off North Korean armies in the Pusan perimeter while U.S. forces massed for a crushing breakthrough...
...astounding sales and profits have spurred the Big Three to ready their own compact cars. General Motors is pressing its suppliers in hopes of getting into pilot production in May, is expected to be the first to introduce its compact car, a rear-engine job, in August or early September. Ford's economy car is scheduled for December introduction, Chrysler's for February, although both are considering bringing out their cars on a small scale in the fall to take the edge off G.M.'s lead...